(a) The Tree Committee shall have the power to investigate the condition of the shade trees in the Borough, particularly those planted within the lines of the streets and highways thereof, and to make recommendations from time to time to Council with reference to the proper care thereof and additional planting as the same may be required. Council may, from time to time, authorize the Committee to take appropriate action and make appropriate expenditures in specific cases to purchase, plant, conserve, care for and foster such shade trees. The Committee, however, shall have no power to incur any expense of any kind whatsoever or execute any contracts unless in each instance Council has given prior consent thereto by motion or resolution.
(b) Such action by Council and such expenditures by Council are voluntary acts that shall not limit, ameliorate or change the obligation of the property owner to trim or remove any trees, bushes, or shrubs which encroach upon or interfere with the safe use of a street or sidewalk or any dead or decaying tree which constitutes a danger to the public or to private property.
(Ord. 798. Passed 8-11-80.)